Radiophysics AI Safety Red Team Specialist

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The work focuses on judging misuse potential of technical requests, while providing legitimate answers where appropriate.

You will write and classify prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels, evaluate model responses, and draft reference answers with clear rationales for non-specialists. This is writing-intensive work.

Qualifications

• This is writing-intensive work requiring clear, step-by-step rationales for non-specialists.
• Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is a strong signal.
• Examples or links of writing samples should be included in application.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard.
• Draft the reference answer with technical reasoning for correct handling.
• Read and write about misuse scenarios in the domain over sustained periods.

Skills

Technical writing

Red-teaming

Radiation safety knowledge

Analytical reasoning

Education

Nuclear medicine or radiopharmacy background

Tools

GMP knowledge

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The work focuses on judging misuse potential of technical requests, while providing legitimate answers where appropriate.

You will write and classify prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels, evaluate model responses, and draft reference answers with clear rationales for non-specialists. This is writing-intensive work.